Chapter 5. MANAGING YOUR WI-FI CONNECTIONS

MANAGING YOUR WI-FI CONNECTIONS

In general, installing a wireless network adapter is easy because most network adapters are plug-and-play devices. As soon as you connect the adapter to your computer, or as soon as you turn on an internal adapter or your computer, the computer automatically detects the device and runs the control software to set up a connection.

This chapter will explain how to set up a Wi-Fi connection for two kinds of users: the home or office user who wants to connect to a fixed access point once and assume that is keeps working every time; and a laptop user who wants to connect to different networks in different locations. ...

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